The European Union has approved up to €1.5 billion in state aid to Taiwan-based tech company ProLogium, to make batteries for electric vehicles. That's equivalent to NT$52 billion.

A major climate modelling service is saying the surface temperature of earth’s oceans has hit its highest ever level as climate change continues to ravage the planet.

The Ministry of Agriculture says agricultural losses caused by Typhoon Khanun currently stand at NT$129 million.

The cabinet's initial proposal to raise the annual tax on people who own multiple homes is getting a rather muted response from the island's real estate sector.

Taiwan's Ministry of Justice minister Tsai Ching-hsiang has held talks in Berlin with his German counterpart, Marco Buschmann. It's the first time that justice ministers from the two countries have ever met.

Vice Premier Cheng Wen-tsan says the government is currently drafting a basic law governing artificial intelligence and he expects a proposal to be submitted to the cabinet in September.

Ministry of Education minister Pan Wen-chung says the government plans to partner with the private sector to recruit an additional 10,000 international students over four years.

Taiwan's official Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for June 2023 came in at 48.3, the fourth consecutive month in negative territory (below 50) but up seven percentage points from the previous month.

Transport Minister Wang Kuo-tsai says the TPass regional public transport card has been used for an estimated 414,000 rides since it was launched on 1 July. Wang says some 307,000 TPass cards have been sold islandwide.